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Nicholas Sawicke collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-4183

Scope and content

Printout of photographs and documents, including the 423 Bomb Squadron in Wendover, Utah, 1942; clippings; medals; honorable discharge certificate; Cornell diploma; photographs of him and his wife; and a photograph of him at his 90th birthday in 2013. Also an oral history recorded March 24, 2015 with Evan Earle, a WW2 aviation enthusiast and Cornell University archivist. Sawicke describes his time in the military and experiences flying over Europe during World War II. Conversation includes training in Utah, and using his pay to support his mother in Moravia, the name of his plane, tasks as a B-17 engineer, flight conditions, base life, the Norden bombsite. He then discusses his time spent at Cornell University on the G.I. bill living in Vetsburg, and his post college career as a contractor. Disc also contains photos of items and a photo of Sawicke with some of his medals in his basement.

Dates

  • 1942-2015.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Cornell University Class of 1950. During World War II, he flew in B-17 Flying Fortresses including, Chennault's Pappy III, as a gunner and engineer over Germany in the Army Air Corps, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross and oak leaf clusters. He flew with the 423 Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group. After the war, he attended Cornell University, College of Agriculture, graduating in 1949.

Extent

.1 cubic feet.

1 CDs.

1 mapcase folders.

Location of Originals Note

Holder of originals: Originals in possession of donor.

Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)